Game carrier



No .-z2,1927;. 1,650,491

J. F. CALVERT GAME CARRIER Filed Jan. 11. 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR ATTORN EY Nov. 22, 1927.

J. F. CALVERT GAME CARRIER Filed Jan. 11. 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 (75m; TQ Verf Y E N R O n A WITNESSL li atented Nov. 22, 1927. I

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GAME CARRIER.

Application filed January My present invention hasreference to a harness for hunters, and is designed to provide a brace for the user, means for supporting and carrying game and a pad which will absorb jars incident tothe firing of the gun,

and thereby effectively protect the shoulder as the nature of the invention is better understood, the improvement resides in cer tain novel features of constructionycombination and operative association of parts, a 2 v trated in the accompanying drawings. In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating the application of my improvement. Figure 2 is a perspective view of the improvement per se. i

As disclosed by the drawings, the body of the improvement is made up of two comparatively wide strips of some suitable textile material, such for instance, as canvas. The strips for distinction, are indicated by the numerals 1 and 2. These strips are designed to be centrally folded upon themselves, and the rear faces of the strips, at the said folds 3, have secured thereon a transverse strip 4, also preferably of canvas. On the inner face of the outer fold of the strip 1, at a suitable distance from the shoul m der portion 'thereof,there is secured preferably by stitching, a pocket 5. The said fold of the strip 1, at the portion thereof provided with the a pocket, preferably is widened at its outer edge for a length cor responding to that of the pocket, and this pocket is designed to have stuffed therein, a packing 6, ofsoft material, such as cotton batting. The outer folds of the strip 1, ap-

proximately in a line withthe center thereof, has secured thereon one end of a strap 7 that engages with a buckle 8, on the strip 2. The rear fold of the strips 1 and 2, a proximately in a line with the strap 7 and satisfactory embodiment of which is illus- 11, 1926. Serial No. 80,575.

the buckle 8, has secured thereon one end of straps 9, respectively, the outer folds of the said strips carrying buckles 10 for engagement with the straps. By this arrangement it will be noted that the device may be easily and quickly arranged over the shoulder and the back, directly below the neck of the wearer and maybe likewise easily strapped on said wearer. The pad serves as an absorbing means for preventing injury to the sportsman during firing of his gun, and the harness as a whole braces the back and shoulder of the user.

Secured to and depending from.the ends of the strips 1 and 2 there are swivelly supported eye members 11, and these eyes supportthereon looped game holders 12, The looped game holders are of the usual construction, each embodying an upper rounded or eye portion 13 of a lower jaw portion 14. The inner element of the U-shaped jaw is rounded upon itself, as at 14 to increase the resiliency of the outer jaw member '15, and the hooked end of the said jaw member 15is engaged by a keeper 16 formed by rounding or looping one end of a strand constituting the holder. The rounded portion 14 of each holder receives therethrough the looped end 13 of the next holder. The holders 12 are arranged in chain-like formation, that is, any desired number of such holders may be suspended one from the other, and each of these holders may be'em-. ployed for holding a bird or other game which has been killed by the hunter.

The simplicity and advantages of my improvement it is believed, will be perfectly apparent to those skilled in the art to which such inventions relate, when, the foregoing description hasibeen read in connection with the accompanying drawings, but it is, of course, to be understood that I do not wish to be restricted to the precise structural details herein set forth and may make such changes therefromas fairly fall withinthe scope. of what Iv claim,

Having described the invention,I claim-:

A hunters harness designed to be sup ported by the shoulders of a hunter, comprising two comparatively wide fabric strips which are adapted to be centrally folded upon themselves, a comparatively wide strip connecting the back portions of the first mentioned strips at the folds thereof, one of said first mentioned strips having its outer face widened on its outer edge and provided 5 with a pocket at its said portion having a packing of soft material therein and said pocket adapted to be positioned on one side JAMES FLETCHER CALVERT. 

